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China's huge traffic jam

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Trucks can be seen on a highway in Wanquan County in north China's Hebei Province on Aug. 23. The traffic jam has stretched as long as 60 miles in northern China, continues into its tenth day on Tuesday. The traffic stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said. AP

Trucks jam up on the National Highway 207 in Wanquan County in north China's Hebei Province on Aug. 23. Newscom

A truck driver washes himself after waiting over two days in the jam on an entrance ramp to the Beijing-Tibet Highway on Aug. 23. The massive traffic jam that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said. AP

A driver takes a nap under his truck jammed on an entrance ramp to the Beijing-Tibet Highway in Guoleizhuang township, in north China's Hebei Province on Aug. 23. AP

Stalls are set up on the road to sell food and water to truck drivers stuck in a massive traffic jam on an expressway heading east to Beijing on Aug. 18. Newscom

Truck drivers play cards in the shade of a truck jammed on an entrance ramp to the Beijing-Tibet Highway in Guoleizhuang township on Aug. 23. On Tuesday, the traffic jam that stretches over 60 miles reached its 10-day mark. Officials estimate that the road construction causing the traffic jam into Beijing will not be finished until next month. AP

Trucks wait in a massive traffic jam on an expressway heading east to Beijing on Aug. 18. Newscom

A worker picks up waste on the roadside of a jammed section of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Highway on Aug. 24. Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Trucks are seen in the middle of a traffic jam on the National Highway 207 on Aug. 23. Newscom

A driver opens the door to his cabin of a truck stuck in a traffic jam on an expressway heading east to Beijing on Aug. 18. Newscom